道所存者,乃师所存者 (道所存者,乃師所存者)
dào suǒ cún zhě , nǎi shī suǒ cún zhě
Pinyin
Definition
道所存者,乃师所存者 (道所存者,乃師所存者)
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- If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈).
- We should learn from one who knows the way.
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 flavor
- 2 smell
- 3 hint of
- 1 to exist
- 2 to be
- 3 existence
- 1 or
- 2 possibly
- 3 maybe
- 4 perhaps
- 1 actually
- 2 place
- 3 classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
- 4 that which
- 5 particle introducing a relative clause or passive
- 6 classifier: 个 gè
- 1 therefore
- 2 as a result
- 3 so
- 4 the reason why
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
- 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)